AWDC Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Mu Chuang Spends All Day in the Backyard

The maid opened the courtyard door and was also taken aback when she saw Mu Chuang.

She saw him pressing his lips with two fingers, releasing them after a long while. Then he stared at his middle and index fingers, and after looking at them for a while under the maid’s gaze, he brought them to his lips to kiss.

The whole set of actions was wooden, as if his soul had been pulled away. It wasn’t until his gaze shifted to the tightly closed door that the maid roughly guessed what had just happened.

“Young Master?” She guessed from her perspective that Lin Xi refused his closeness because her young master had taken three concubines yesterday and was feeling uncomfortable.

But as a servant, she could only watch, not daring to offer any advice or think of any solutions, and could only worry for her young master.

Mu Chuang came back to his senses at her call, and his heart pounded non-stop when he thought about what he had just done.

“I’m fine, you can go down.” He said, still staring at the tightly closed door, as if wanting to force his way in.

“But…Young Master…” The maid hadn’t forgotten what Lin Xi had asked her to come in for. If he was really drunk yesterday and his brain was damaged, she couldn’t bear the responsibility. After all, the master scolded him like that during dinner. “…Are you sure…you’re okay?”

As she said this, she pointed at her head for emphasis, which immediately provoked Mu Chuang’s anger.

“Go to your mother! Do you really think there’s something wrong with my brain?” As he spoke, he raised his arm, feeling like he would slap the maid in the face the next second.

The maid, upon hearing this, even forgot to kneel. She had never heard her young master curse using the word “mother.” This showed that there was something really wrong with his brain. For a moment, she couldn’t care about his status as her master and ran out in a panic.

Unexpectedly, she ran into Master Mu head-on. “Why are you in such a panic?”

Before the maid could answer, Mu Chuang withdrew his raised hand and called out “Father” with a solemn and respectful expression.

“Hmph!” Master Mu made a dissatisfied sound from his nose, his face somewhat ugly. “Get out here, I have something to ask you.”

Mu Chuang’s heart tightened. He was afraid that he would be asked about something he knew nothing about, and if he revealed his ignorance, it wouldn’t be fun.

“I have a pressing need, can I take care of it first?” He wanted to slip away first and then find a chance to understand the situation to see if he could improvise and bluff his way through.

Who knew that Master Mu was not understanding at all, but instead became even more angry because of his words. “You need my foot! Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking, spending all day in this backyard. Do you have any ambition?!”

As he said this, he glanced at the tightly closed door, then his gaze returned to Mu Chuang. Almost every word was squeezed out from between his teeth.

“Get your ass out here, or I’ll give you twenty strokes of the cane.” Seeing Mu Chuang standing still, he roared and threatened, “If you dare to spend all day here again, believe it or not, I’ll return him to his father?”

“No!” Mu Chuang refused decisively and immediately compromised. “I’ll come out, what am I afraid of?!”

The last sentence was said in a softer voice, but Master Mu still heard it.

“You rebellious brat, when did you learn to talk back?” His face was dark, feeling like this rebellious son had really changed overnight. “Dare to talk back again, don’t think I won’t punish you.”

Although the previous Mu Chuang was naughty, he wouldn’t talk back to him. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been forced to take three concubines. But this one now felt like someone had been swapped inside the shell. He had lost all sense of seniority and dared to talk back to him, making Master Mu angry just thinking about it.

“Why are you being so fierce? If it weren’t for the fact that you look just like my dad, you would have been beaten already.” Mu Chuang retorted in his heart, but he didn’t dare to act rashly on the surface. After all, he had transmigrated into someone else’s son, and no matter how bad his temper was, he couldn’t hit his own father, especially in the social context of ancient times, which was an act of great disobedience.

Moreover, in this world, he still had many things to rely on this old man for. Unless a donkey kicked his brain, he wouldn’t go against him.

But with his temper, he wouldn’t say humble words, and flattering was not his specialty. At most, he would be scolded by the other party and remain silent, which was already an extreme act of tolerance.

He walked over with his left hand in his pocket, then realized there was nothing there, so he had to brush his sleeves instead, inadvertently revealing an evil smile.

But soon he froze, because one foot stepped on the hem of his robe again. If it weren’t for his composure, he might have fallen flat on his face again.

“Damn,” he cursed again, “was the original owner a pervert? Wearing such long clothes to compete with women for beauty? Couldn’t he have shortened it by an inch, making me have to be so nervous just to walk?”

From the courtyard to the door, his facial expressions were colorful, making Master Mu’s mouth twitch.

“Hurry up, don’t dawdle.” He couldn’t stand it anymore and urged from outside the courtyard door.

“Coming.” Mu Chuang replied impatiently, then lifted a bit of the hem of his robe and took a few steps quickly in an unnatural manner, looking extremely awkward.

“Why does Qixi look so good when he lifts it up to walk?” He recalled the scene of Lin Xi running away that he had just seen, feeling that he didn’t look awkward at all when he lifted the hem of his robe, but had a pleasing feeling. He didn’t understand why it was so awkward when it came to him.

He finally reached Master Mu’s presence and had just stood firm when the old man grabbed him and dragged him into a small house, then slammed the door shut.

Mu Chuang was speechless. He suddenly felt that his own father’s education was already polite, while this one was too rude.

“Say what you have to say, why are you being so fierce?” He had never suffered this kind of anger since he was a child. If it weren’t for the fact that he looked exactly like his dad, he wouldn’t mind punching him.

“Fierce? Beating you is a light punishment.” Master Mu’s face was dark. He couldn’t help but get angry when he thought about what he had done. “The prisoner we caught has already confessed, guess what he said?”

He held back a breath, wanting to wait for him to say it himself. If he was willing to confess honestly, he might consider a lighter punishment.

“?” Mu Chuang was full of doubts. This was his first time here, and he was asked this out of the blue, making him confused. “He confessed, so he confessed. You should handle it as you see fit, why do you need to ask me?”

Master Mu suddenly glared at him when he heard this. “Do you think I don’t know how to handle it? I want to see if you’re being honest. If you’re not honest, I’ll punish you severely.”

Mu Chuang: ???

What is going on? Could this case be related to me? I just transmigrated, am I going to be punished for the original owner’s actions?